Tom Goddard
Thomas William John Goddard
Born: 1 October 1900, Gloucester
Died: 22 May 1966, Gloucester
Major Teams: Gloucestershire, England.
Known As: Tom Goddard
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Right Arm Fast
Test Debut: England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, 1930
Last Test: England v West Indies at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1939
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1938
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 8 5 3 13 8 6.50 0 0 3 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1563 62 588 22 26.72 6-29 1 0 71.0 2.25
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1922 - 1952)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100s Ct St
Batting & Fielding 593 775 217 5234 71 9.37 0 312 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 59116 2979 19.84 10-113 251 86
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Tom Goddard underwent a change in bowling style at age 29 that
took him from a run-of the mill fast bowler to a Test
off-spinner. His career spanned 30 years, taking a Test hat-trick
against South Africa at the age of 38, and playing for
Gloucestershire until he was over 50. On a helpful Bristol wicket
he celebrated his 48th year by taking 222 first-class wickets in
1947. A big man at 6'3", his exceptionally large hands allowed
him to impart strong spin to his off-break, and this combined
with a lovely looping flight, made him a difficult proposition at
the best of times, and near unplayable on a turner.He played only
8 Tests, where his lack of variation and unhelpful wickets made
him less effective. He took nearly 3000 first-class wickets, and
would have taken more under the revised lbw law. He bowled round
the wicket to a leg trap, with Wally Hammond moving across to leg
slip, and was a challenge for his wicket-keeper as well as the
batsman. A career highlight was taking the last wicket of the
Australian innings to earn Gloucestershire a famous tie in 1930 Ð
after 14 balls had been bowled with the scores level. He was not
much of a batsman, although he himself might have disagreed, and
his running with Sam Cook provided the Gloucestershire crowd with
much entertainment. When he died in 1966, a road in his home town
of Gloucester was named Goddard Way (Dave Liverman, 1998).
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